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Latest CTA Injunction Stayed

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On February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas stayed the nationwide injunction it previously issued in Smith, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, et al., 6:24-cv-00336 (Smith case)....more

McGuireWoods LLP

Texas Court Vacates Nationwide Injunction Staying the CTA, Deadline to Report Beneficial Ownership Information is March 21, 2025

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In our last update, we reported that despite the Supreme Court staying the nationwide injunction against FinCEN’s enforcement of the CTA in one Texas case, a nationwide stay of the Reporting Rule granted by a federal judge in...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Corporate Transparency Act Compliance Still on Hold, For Now

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On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a nationwide preliminary injunction on the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA), a law requiring millions of business entities to report information about their...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act Still Blocked Despite Supreme Court Decision

The saga of confusing Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) litigation continues, but the guidance remains the same: companies are not currently obligated to file Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reports with the U.S....more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Supreme Court Grants Stay of Preliminary Injunction Against Corporate Transparency Act – Second Injunction Still In Effect

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On January 23, 2025, the Supreme Court granted the government’s motion to stay a nationwide injunction that was issued by a Texas federal judge in the case Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. McHenry. As we discussed previously,...more

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A CTA Injunction Remains Despite Supreme Court Stay

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the injunction issued by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Garland, et al. Case No. 4:24-cv-478 (E.D. Tex.) (Texas Top Cop Case)....more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Obligations Remain Paused Despite Supreme Court Order

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On January 23, 2025, the United States Supreme Court ruled on McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., granting the Government’s application to stay the injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) initially ordered by...more

BakerHostetler

CTA Still on Hold, Despite Supreme Court Decision

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On Jan. 23, the Supreme Court granted the U.S. government’s application to immediately stay the nationwide CTA injunction issued last month by a federal district court in the Eastern District of Texas. See Texas Top Cop Shop,...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

SCOTUS Hands Down CTA Decision — FinCEN Says Reporting Requirements Remain on Pause

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced on Friday, January 24, 2025, that reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information (“BOI”) under the Corporate Transparency...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Update: Despite U.S. Supreme Court Decision, Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) is Still On Hold

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On January 23, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted an injunction that had blocked enforcement of the CTA and its regulations, as originally issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on December 3,...more

Venable LLP

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Despite Supreme Court Order, a Different Injunction Keeps the CTA at Bay - For the Time Being

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All eyes were focused on how the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) would respond to the application for stay filed by the federal government on New Year's Eve seeking a stay of the preliminary nationwide injunction issued by a...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Corporate Transparency Act Update: Supreme Court Stays Nationwide Injunction – CTA Reporting Obligations Back in Effect

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court reinstated the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and allowed its reporting obligations to go into effect pending a challenge to the law’s merits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CTA: Government's Emergency Application to Supreme Court to Impose Stay – What's Next?

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As reported by Holland & Knight on Dec. 27, 2024, companies and individuals impacted by the Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) reasonably could have believed there was a respite from the "off again, on again, off again"...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Legal Update: FinCEN Seeks SCOTUS Ruling on Corporate Transparency Act Injunction

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As reported in our prior alerts, the case of Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc., et al. v. Garland, et al., has taken business owners on a roller coaster ride over the past month. December 3, 2024: The U.S. District Court for the...more

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CTA Filing Requirement Halted Again

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“In light of a recent federal court order, reporting companies are not currently required to file beneficial ownership information with FinCEN and are not subject to liability if they fail to do so while the order remains in...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Corporate Transparency Act - The Gift that Keeps on Giving - Government Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court to Eliminate Nationwide...

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Not content to have an expedited hearing in March on the merits of the case at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), the Government filed an application...more

Willcox & Savage

The Corporate Transparency Act – Current Status and State of Play as of New Year’s Day 2025

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December 2024 gave businesses and practitioners whiplash trying to follow the bouncing ball about whether the Corporate Transparency Act was enforceable or unconstitutional. This article summarizes the events of the past...more

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Corporate Transparency Act Update: FinCEN Asks SCOTUS to Intervene

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As previously reported, on December 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit first lifted—and then reinstated—a preliminary nationwide injunction staying the Corporate Transparency Act’s (“CTA”) reporting requirements pending appeal....more

Smith Anderson

Nationwide Injunction REINSTATED - Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements Suspended

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In yet another twist in the Texas Top Cop Shop litigation challenging the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA"), on December 26, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (the "Fifth...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Nationwide Injunction Halts Enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act - UPDATED 1/2/2025

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As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) revised beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadlines. The Fifth Circuit will...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Update: CTA Filing Requirements Are "On" - Compliance Required by January 13, 2025 (for most reporting companies)

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On December 23, 2024, the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit stayed the nationwide injunction enjoining the U.S. government from enforcing the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) and the corresponding reporting...more

BCLP

To File, or Not to File: the Fifth Circuit’s Evolving Treatment of the Corporate Transparency Act

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reinstated and then subsequently suspended the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) over the course of the last week by staying the original...more

Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis LLP

Another Urgent Update on the Corporate Transparency Act: Nationwide Injunction Back in Effect – All CTA Reporting Stayed

In an Alert earlier last week, we reported that on December 23, 2024, a motion panel of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) motion for a stay, or...more

Whiteford

Client Alert: Corporate Transparency Act: Nationwide Injunction Restored; Filing Deadlines Paused - Update – Fifth Circuit...

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The ongoing legal saga in the federal courts surrounding the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) (31 U.S.C. § 5336) has reversed course, yet again. On December 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth...more

Cole Schotz

Fifth Circuit Changes Its Mind. CTA Filings Not Required Pending Further Review

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On December 26, 2024, in an Order entered “at the direction of the Court,” the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its own stay of District Judge Amos Mazzant’s nationwide injunction of the Corporate Transparency Act...more

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